SundayDec 22, 2024
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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
We pray Thee, O Christ, to keep us under the spell of immortality. My we never again think and act as if Thou were dead. Let us more and more come to know Thee as a living Lord who hath promised to them that believe: 'Because I live, ye shall live also.' Help us to remember that we are praying to the Conqueror of Death, that we may no longer be afraid nor dismayed by the worlds problems and threats, since Thou hast overcome the world. In Thy strong name, we ask for Thy living presence and Thy victorious power. Amen.
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.
God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sand banks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
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